Because after listening to Shane's description, Claire still attached great importance to this meeting. In his previous life, this was almost equivalent to the Minister of Defense coming to meet him.
Putting on the clothes from the last Princess Irene banquet, Claire arrived at Marquis Hubert's mansion two hours early.
That place is not difficult to find. It is not far from Sophia's mansion. This area is the private residence of dignitaries. Shane's home is also here.
After showing the invitation, the butler respectfully welcomed Claire in.
The buildings in the mansion are a little different from what Claire saw at Sophia. The buildings at Sophia are low-key and luxurious. If you don't have some experience, you won't know how valuable those randomly placed decorations are.
The decorations on Hubert are all weapons, as well as the skulls of Warcraft and the like. Claire Along the way, the most common things I saw were the head specimens of mysterious monsters hanging on the wall, which still gave off a vague aura of terror, as well as various large swords and weapons, some were rusty, and some were ready to be used.
Claire thought to himself, "It seems that this Marquis Hubert likes weapons..." As soon as he finished speaking, Claire remembered that Sword Saint Willie's sword seemed to have been bought by him for five million Gold Coins.
In this regard, Claire could only sigh: Rich!
If it were him, there was absolutely no way he would spend such a large sum of money to buy a sword that was unusable, even if it was the legendary Sword Saint Willie sword.
The butler led Claire to the living room, and then ordered his servants to place some desserts and tea.
Then he apologized to Claire with an apologetic look. "I'm sorry, the time now is my master's training time, you need to wait a little longer."
"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry." Claire responded with a smile.
Then the housekeeper and servants all retreated, leaving Claire alone in the empty room.
I briefly tasted the desserts and tea on the table. The taste was okay, but not as exquisite as the one at Sophia. But maybe people like Hubert don't pay attention to these things.
After sitting there for half an hour, there was still no sign of the other party coming. Claire couldn't sit still any longer, so he stood up and wandered around the room.
There are also specimens of Warcraft heads in this living room, as well as weapons such as armors and shields.
Claire took the tea in his hand and tasted it again and again and started shopping. If you observe carefully, even if you don't understand these things, you can still see a certain sense of beauty. The other party did not buy them blindly or place them randomly.
Suddenly a strong voice came from behind Claire, "It's not bad, I've been collecting it for a long time."
Claire was not frightened either. He turned around with a gentle smile on his face and replied, "I don't understand this either. Just take a look. If I have to say, it has a certain sense of beauty."
Hubert raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Claire could remain so calm and composed in front of him.
Then he walked to the sofa, waved his hand, and said, "Please sit down."
Claire came over, put the teacup in his hand back on the table, and sat down in front of Hubert without any hesitation.
Hubert showed a cheerful smile and said, "I didn't know you came so quickly, so you were a little late and neglected."
Claire waved his hand, "You're welcome, I came too quickly and affected your time schedule, Lord Marquis."
"Hahahahaha." Hubert laughed loudly, making Claire who was not far away from him feel deafening.
"I admire you very much. You are very good at talking, and your words are not as hypocritical as other nobles."
Claire resisted the urge to rub his ears and replied, "You are flattered."
Hubert's voice gradually stopped, he focused on Claire, and asked softly, "Do you know why I called you here?"
Claire shook his head, "I'm not sure, but if the Marquis needs my help in any way, I will definitely do my duty."
"Needless to say, I'm not used to taking advantage of others. It's better to exchange things of equal value."
"This is the truth. You are the hero of the country. It is my honor to help you." Such unconscionable words came out of Claire's mouth without feeling guilty at all.
"Hahahahaha, I just said you are good at talking." Hubert laughed heartily again.
"Then let me tell you straight. I got a piece of news from the auction. You have a fruit in your hand that can promote Intermediate Mage to High Mage. Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, I have this fruit in my hand." Everyone at the auction revealed their secrets to each other. Claire It's useless even if you want to hide it, you might as well be honest.
"Okay, you spent 18 million to buy this bottle of Life Potion, right?" Hubert took out the bottle of blue Life Potion and placed it in front of Claire.
Claire Immediately his pupils shrank and his breathing became rapid. This was something he had not expected before coming.
After seeing Claire's performance, Hubert continued, "How about I use this bottle of potion to exchange for the fruit with you?"
Claire's eyelids jumped slightly, then stabilized his mentality and replied softly, "Okay..."
"Of course I won't let you suffer. The value of your fruit must be more than five million. I will give you another five million. What do you think?" Hubert suggested.
The real value of Life Potion is only five million, and the value of this fruit of Claire is more than five million, but it is not that high if it is ten million, so this is Claire's profit.
However, Claire refused the other party's proposal without thinking, "No, I just need this Life Potion. I am lucky that you can exchange it with me. How can I have the nerve to ask you for these five million Gold Coins."
But Claire has one sentence left: Five million Gold Coins might as well have some relationship with you. The improvement of the relationship is the improvement between mutual troubles and indebtedness.
Hubert is not a fool, he can see Claire's thoughts at a glance, but he is also interested in making friends with Claire, not to mention that he can have this magical fruit, just because of his extraordinary relationship with Sophia, Hubert is willing to make friends with him.
Again, you can't believe anyone in the capital, but you can't help but believe in Sophia's vision. Since she became the head of the family, she has never seen her lose money in any business.
Oh no! The only time I lost money was when I cooperated with Prince Albert. If the royal family hadn't intervened, Sophia would have almost demolished all the magic shops opened by Prince Albert in the royal capital.
"Okay, let me teach you this friend, if you need to trouble me with anything, just say it." Hubert promised, patting his chest. Although he was not short of money, five million was not a small amount of money that could be saved, so he still had to save it.
"Then you're welcome, I just need your help with something." Claire said, again, the relationship is improved between mutual help and debt.
Hubert was a little surprised, thinking that Claire was some short-sighted villain, and that the five million just now was just to make some excessive demands, so that he would be unable to get off the ground.
"Okay, go ahead!" Hubert's tone was obviously not as friendly as before.
Claire also acted as if he hadn't seen it and continued, "A little thing, I have a friend who practices in the Knight Academy. I want to go in and visit him, but I heard that Knight Academy's rules are very strict, so I want to trouble you."
After listening to Claire's words, Hubert immediately showed a happy smile again. It seemed that he had seen the right person. This kid really liked her and did not make any excessive demands.
So he patted his chest and promised, "No problem! I am one of the deans in the Knight Academy. I can still do it for you to meet your friends."
"Thank you very much." Claire stood up and thanked him.
He could also go in and see Sirian through his connections with Shane, but he just had to trouble Hubert a little, so that the two of them could interact more and have something to chat about next time they meet.
And in the future, if the other party has some trivial matters, you can also help a little bit. When asked, just say that it is to repay the help this time. This is how friendship improves during interactions with each other.
This is much more than a simple exchange of benefits.